him and hill off the bench is solid i think. still believe he needs to develop more. still a young inexperienced player but he has talent. we cant be picky and i think as a backup SF/PF it could be worse. hes gotta come back with some new moves, better outside / midrange shooting

Ariza3 wrote:him and hill off the bench is solid i think. still believe he needs to develop more. still a young inexperienced player but he has talent. we cant be picky and i think as a backup SF/PF it could be worse. hes gotta come back with some new moves, better outside / midrange shooting

He needs to lock himself in the gym this off-season and do the old Kobe routine. Don't leave until you've made at least 500 shots.

"I just put my faith in God. Through him we can do all things" - Kobe Bryant, March 24, 2004

i'll be surprised if someone offers clark more than the lakers will. if so, their funeral. I really like him and hope he stays, but you can't be giving him a full MLE offer, especially if, like the cavs, you're not capped out. that's a waste of space, imo. a capped out team reaching for him makes more sense.

i'd offer 3 years, 9 million. enough to scare off teams with the mini mle, but not so much as to kill your own flexibility.

he'll stay a laker. he said he'll take less money to play. he wants to be a laker no matter what. not worried about him leaving or us trading him. he played too well and has so much potential for us at the 3 or 4 for us to let him go.

Sam Amico of Fox Sports wrote:Reports that the Cavs are considering Los Angeles Lakers forward Earl Clark in free agency are accurate, sources said. Current Cavs and former Lakers coach Mike Brown is supposedly a fan.

Yeah you could tell Potato was a huge fan with all the plying time he never gave him.

As bad as D'Antoni is, he knew how to get more out of his role players than Brown ever did. Meeks, Blake, Clark, and Jamison actually started producing when he took over. Unfortunately, his system just didn't work with our core players which led to friction in the locker room and eventually Kobe taking over.

Brown was the exact opposite. He relied so heavily on our core and treated the role players like crap.

If D'Antoni is the coach next season, I hope he and the core players come to an "understanding" about the team's identity.

The one piece of upside to the Cavs possibly overpaying Earl is that he seems really loyal to us & I'm sure if Mitch said we need a TPE to have a chance at filling the void, Earl would ask that of the team signing him. A 5M or so TPE is a decent asset with so many teams trying to create space. I'd much rather keep Clark for around 3 years 9M.

Sean Deveney ‏@SeanDeveney 2mEarl Clark heard from the @Lakers to open free agency. But he will visit the @Cavs on Tuesday, I am told.

Mark Medina The Lakers also expressed interest in resigning surprise reserve Earl Clark shortly after the free agency period began at 9 p.m. PST on Sunday night, a conversation Clark’s agent said “went well” and that they plan to resume talks on Monday. Still, the Lakers’ interest in Clark will hinge on what he attracts in the open market.

My guess is they'll tell him to go see what kind of offers he can get and then determine whether to offer a comparable offer or not, depending on how much a team like the Cavs are willing to overpay.